Getting out there, trying stuff, throwing it all up on the wall to see what sticks, shaking hands, connecting with people, screwing up - that’s what it takes to change the world. That’s what it means to be the Unreasonable Man.

I feel like I should mention Thomas Edison right about now. Don’t worry, I won’t.

The fact is, I’ve been too much of a coward procrastinator, or, as I prefer to call it, a perfectionist. But whenever I take a step forward and lay it on the line, I find that I’m greatly rewarded and I always move a bit closer to my goals one way or another. Sure, looking back there are a lot of choices that weren’t right or missteps that I wish I could undo (where’s the cmd-z for life?) - but there’s a lot more I wish I *had* done. The good news is, it’s not too late.

Half a year ago I was trying to build my client-base so I sent out postcards to some prospects. One of the meetings that resulted from the follow-up calls turned out to be an impromptu interview for my dream job of heading up marketing for a hot tech startup. I wasn’t looking for a job, but I was laying it on the line. I landed the job. The experience was fantastic.

Now that I’m back to running my own business, I joined a business networking group and showed up every week for a month and now I’ve got reams of business coming in. It’s crazy awesome.

The point is to put yourself out there, make some opportunity for yourself, act on that idea, call some prospects, launch that blog, start that business, implement that change, join that networking group - take the first step.

I’ve sent out another batch of postcards, I’m doing the follow-up calls in the next couple days. I wonder where they will take me?

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